Man arrested after four-county chase

(Photo by Vernard Albright/WSOC-TV) A four-county chase that ended in Mecklenburg County landed a man in Gaston County Jail. Police used stop sticks to flatten the tires of this 1997 Ford Expedition that police said was being driven by Daniel Lozano Jr.

By Kevin Ellis / Halifax Media Group

Published: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 09:22 AM.

A police chase that began in South Carolina traveled through Cleveland and three other counties and landed a 25-year-old man in jail.

The chase, which began about 1:29 a.m. Tuesday, ended at I-85 near Sam Wilson Road.

Police say it began when Daniel Lozano Jr. of 115 Deer Track Lane, Gaffney, S.C., passed through a DWI checkpoint in Cherokee County, S.C.

Video from a DOT camera on I-85 shows the car speeding by police with flashing lights chasing.

The chase went through four counties, including Cleveland, Gaston and Mecklenburg counties.

Before the driver even made it to North Carolina, troopers used stop sticks to take out some of the tires on his car, but he kept going.

They used more sticks near a weigh station on I-85 and eventually got him to stop, but the highway patrol reported he got out, jumped the concrete wall in the median near Sam Wilson Road and ran.

A police chase that began in South Carolina traveled through Cleveland and three other counties and landed a 25-year-old man in jail.

The chase, which began about 1:29 a.m. Tuesday, ended at I-85 near Sam Wilson Road.

Police say it began when Daniel Lozano Jr. of 115 Deer Track Lane, Gaffney, S.C., passed through a DWI checkpoint in Cherokee County, S.C.

Video from a DOT camera on I-85 shows the car speeding by police with flashing lights chasing.

The chase went through four counties, including Cleveland, Gaston and Mecklenburg counties.

Before the driver even made it to North Carolina, troopers used stop sticks to take out some of the tires on his car, but he kept going.

They used more sticks near a weigh station on I-85 and eventually got him to stop, but the highway patrol reported he got out, jumped the concrete wall in the median near Sam Wilson Road and ran.

Troopers were able to catch up to the man, deployed a Taser and arrested him, authorities said.

“He had a pretty good cut on his left foot I believe, and cuts and bruises on his legs from running through a wooded area, and barbed wire fence after he crossed the interstate,” said N.C. Highway Patrol Trooper E.B. Miller.

Lozano was booked into Gaston County Jail under a $100,000 bond on charges including fleeing to elude arrest with a motor vehicle and resist, delay and obstructing a law enforcement officer.